School Meals

Meals are £3.10 per day, £15.50 for the week.

Our school meals are freshly prepared by our School Cook - Mrs Cammack and her team.

Meals are to be preordered by parents from home via School Grid and must be ordered before 8:50am on they day, and can be ordered in advance. Newton Primary follow the Local Authority policy for non-payment of school meals.
 

 Free School Meals

All children in Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 are entitled to Universal Free School Meals, but if you are in receipt of the benefits below, we would urge you to still apply for Statutory Free School Meals as school may be able to obtain additional funding, known as Pupil Premium, to help towards supporting your child in their learning. 

Please read the below information and if you answer ‘yes’ to any of the questions, please use the link below to apply to St Helens Council.

Does your child live with you under any of the following:

• Special Guardianship Order
• Looked After Child
• Informal Care Arrangement
• Adopted From Care

Does either parent/carer work for the armed forces/services?   

Your child may be able to get free school meals if you get any of the following:

• Income Support
• income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
• income-related Employment and Support Allowance
• support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
• the guaranteed element of Pension Credit
• Child Tax Credit (provided you’re not also entitled to Working Tax Credit and have an annual gross income of no more than £16,190)
• Working Tax Credit run-on - paid for 4 weeks after you stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit
• Universal Credit - if you apply on or after 1 April 2018 your household income must be less than £7,400 a year (after tax and not including any benefits you get)

Children who get paid these benefits directly, instead of through a parent or guardian, can also get free school meals.

Your child may also get free school meals if you get any of these benefits and your child is both:

• younger than the compulsory age for starting school
• in full-time education

If you are entitled to any of the above, you may be entitled to free school meals and the school may also be entitled to extra pupil premium funding to help support your child’s education. 

Free School Meal applications can be made at https://www.sthelens.gov.uk/freeschoolmeals or by clicking HERE to download the form.

Every year, we review our special diets procedure to ensure the process is working as well as possible for Parents/Carers, Schools and Kitchens alike. 

Please find below the direct link for parents and carers to use to inform the school's catering team of their child's requirements.

St Helens Catering Service - School Lunch Special Dietary Request

School Milk Scheme
All children in Nursery are provided with free milk each day. Children in Reception to Year 2 receive milk daily at a cost of £6.00 per academic year. If you are eligible for Statutory Free School Meals, milk will be provided free of charge.

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